2026-2027 4th Grade Teacher

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Build relationships with co-teachers to continuously improve best classroom practices and support the school's goals.
• Communicate and reinforce high expectations and standards for behavior and academic performance, aligned with NCS's school culture and core values.
• Cultivate a strong classroom community with students and families.
• Plan and deliver rigorous instruction effectively to large and small groups of students.
• Solicit, welcome, and incorporate feedback to improve instructional practice.
• Reflect critically upon teaching experience and identify areas for further professional development.
• Maintain a secure and effective learning environment with impeccable order and clear expectations and routines.

Data Analysis, Assessment and Grading

• Provide students with meaningful feedback and give them multiple attempts to show their learning.
• Measure student achievement of and progress toward all learning objectives using appropriate assessment tools.
• Drive academic outcomes by analyzing data, reviewing scholar work, and implementing high-leverage instructional moves to ensure gains for all scholars.
• Participate in state-wide testing, including providing testing accommodations for New York State ELA and Math Exams and facilitating New York State Alternate Assessment.
• Use data to reflect on effectiveness of lessons and student achievement progress in order to improve instruction and personal practice.

Differentiation and Special Populations

• Seek out and learn about the needs of all students in the classroom, leveraging the resources and staff at the school.
• Differentiate for individual students based on their unique learning needs so all students are appropriately engaged and challenged.
• Employ various teaching techniques, methods, and principles of different learning styles to enable students to progress at accelerated rates, meet goals, and master concepts and skills.
• Develop and implement Individualized Education Program (IEP) and behavior plans in consultation with staff and families to ensure success for all scholars.

Family Partnerships

• Develop strong relationships with families through frequent communication and assist parents in understanding and supporting educational objectives, learning expectations, and behavioral standards.
• Communicate respectfully and thoughtfully with parents/guardians, remaining sensitive to different families' cultures, values, and needs.

Professionalism and Commitment to Diversity, Equity + Inclusion

• Be a reliable, consistently on-time, and prepared staff member that the NCS community and its students can count on.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the NCS operating values.
• Reflect on progress as an educator and seek out professional resources to continuously improve one’s practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (required).
• NYS Teaching Certification (preferred, certification pathway support offered).
• One year of teaching experience working in an urban setting (preferred).
• Knowledge of students with disabilities, specifically high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (preferred).

Pay

Salary Range: $73,500-$95,000 +